The Miz has been kidnapped by The Wyatt Sicks, as revealed by Karrion Kross and Scarlett in a tweet following this week’s episode of WWE RAW.
In recent weeks, the group has taken aim at The Miz and The Final Testament, which has resulted in Kross demanding that The Miz figure out what’s going on.
In the post-RAW video, Kross responded to Scarlett by saying that The Miz was “dead for sure.” The two then went looking for him – and the rest remains to be seen!
Source: eWn
It’s no secret that one of the visions of WWE’s Chief Content Officer, Triple H, has been to expand the company into different areas, including establishing performance centers in the UK, which WWE did briefly with NXT UK, Japan, Mexico, and other territories, and creating the WWE NIL program for college athletes. Now, WWE is looking to get involved with independent wrestling, with a new program that will have them very attached to certain areas of the scene going forward.
In a press release, WWE announced “WWE ID,” short for “WWE Independent Development.” The new program has been launched to “identify, support, and develop independent wrestling schools and wrestling talent.” Five independent wrestling schools have already earned the “official designation” of being WWE ID schools, including Reality of Wrestling in Houston, the Nightmare Factory in Atlanta, the Black and Brave Academy in Davenport, Iowa, Elite Pro Wrestling Training Center in Concord, New Hampshire, and Knokx Pro Academy in Los Angeles.
“WWE ID is the latest in our efforts to identify and support the journey of up-and-coming wrestlers, in turn raising the profile of and strengthening the independent wrestling ecosystem,” Triple H said in a statement.
Wrestling Schools With WWE Ties First To Achieve WWE ID Status, Canadian Promotion Expresses Skepticism
Four of the five WWE ID schools already had strong ties to WWE, with ROW, Nightmare Factory, Black and Brave, and Knokx Pro being run/co-owned by Booker T, Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, and Rikishi respectively. Meanwhile, one of Elite Pro’s head trainers, Mike Hollow, previously worked as a WWE jobber during the 90s.
Independent talent associated with the program will also receive a “WWE ID” designation, with WWE providing “financial opportunity” for the talent, as well as “assisting with training, mentorship and development, including access to world-class facilities, best-in-class ring training, athletic trainers and more.” The program will also allow fans to monitor these talent’s progress via matches, highlights, and behind the scenes content to be aired on “WWE social platforms.”
So far, at least one independent promotion has expressed hesitancy towards this new program. Taking to X this morning shortly after WWE’s official announcement, Ottawa based promotion Capital City Championship Combat, better known as C4, posted several tweets, the first of which stated the point of independent wrestling was “to grow. To learn,” and that those claiming to be independent while backed by a billion dollar promotion weren’t independent. In later tweets, the C4 poster admitted this was their immediate reaction, and hoped more info would arise that would prove them wrong.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE Raw will air live tonight on the USA Network from the GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair’s stepson has tragically taken his own life.
TMZ is reporting that Sebastian Kidder, an up-and-coming musician, killed himself at the age of 24 this weekend. Wendy Barlow says the family is heartbroken.
The report states that Kidder shot himself on Saturday afternoon at the family home in Georgia. Police are currently investigating.
Barlow said, “I am devastated and shocked. This is an epidemic with your young men. And mental health…”
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, call 9-1-1 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Source: eWn
AJ Styles was reportedly being considered for TNA’s Hall of Fame inductions at Bound For Glory on Saturday. The pay-per-view saw the inductions of late TNA co-founder Bob Ryder and Tag Team Champion Rhino, the latter who still wrestles with the company and appeared in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match during the Countdown to Bound For Glory.
“Fightful Select” has since reported that both AJ Styles and Monty Brown — known in WWE as Marcus Cor Von — were considered, with the former even prompting inquiry from TNA about an induction. “Fightful” has reported that the possibility was broached with WWE, who passed on the opportunity, though the reasoning is yet unclear. The reported belief within TNA is that it was due to Styles’ recent injury or active storyline.
There was also said to be a hope that he would be open to wrestling in TNA, but again it’s unclear if discussions were held. Styles made a non-WWE appearance recently when he returned to Japan to wrestle Naomichi Marufuji for NOAH in July, but sustained an ankle injury during “WWE SmackDown” on October 4. Reports have since emerged that there were plans to work a retirement and farewell tour storyline ahead of the injury and plans were still in place when they were waiting for the results of an MRI scan to assess the injury.
With WWE and TNA working together extensively throughout the year, sending stars either way, it’s still possible that a return to TNA — one-off or otherwise — could factor into such a storyline. The “Fightful” report doesn’t note anything further on the consideration of Brown, who wrestled with TNA throughout the 2000s before joining WWE. He has not wrestled a match since retiring in 2007.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
A Halloween-themed video package narrated by Gigi Dolin hyping the card up follows.
D’Angelo cuts the ring announcer off and starts throwing hands! A lariat sends Femi to the floor, the Don follows after and eats a knee and an uppercut! Whip reversed, Oba hard into the post and then Tony clotheslines him through the timekeeper’s barricade! Femi recovers, back into the ring, chokeslam on a steel chair… SO CLOSE!
Oba gets a ladder out, uses it to trap D’Angelo in the corner and clubs away at him! The Don fights back with upkicks, but Femi scoops him up and slams him into the ladder! Table leaned in the corner, Tony slips out, stops himself short, but Oba blasts him through the table with an uppercut! Cover for two!
Femi with the crowbar, the Don uses a chair as a shield but gets laid low by a boot and the challenger spikes him in the back of the neck with the crowbar before using it to choke him! Wrenching the champion back, grinding him down, changing gears to look for the powerbomb but D’Angelo counters with a back body drop!
Chairshots from the champion, belly-to-belly suplex on the chair! Spinebuster on the mat, cover for two! Rolling to the floor, Tony goes under the ring for plunder and comes back with another table! Setting it up in the ring, Oba comes at him, fireman’s carry drop and D’Angelo’s knee gives out on the landing!
Femi gets zipties out and cuffs the Don to the turnbuckle, a maniacal grin on his face as he does it! The Family is here to make the save and he starts chucking Stacks and Luca around while Rizzo tries to free Tony! Oba notices and comes into the ring before she can get her pal free and he stalks after her!
D’Angelo begs off as Femi pursues her, out to the apron, she grabs the crowbar but Oba takes it from her! Finally the Don is free… SUICIDE SPEAR THROUGH A DAMN LADDER! Back inside, off the ropes and Femi blasts him with a lariat! Pop-up release powerbomb… TONY KICKS OUT! The Family is back, Luca and Stacks with Shatter Machine, D’Angelo capitalizes…
Tony D’Angelo wins by pinfall with a spinebuster through a table, retaining the NXT North American Championship.
Lexis King is interviewed backstage about his search for a cornerman for his Heritage Cup match.
He admits he’s been struggling to find someone to help and he admits the rejection hurts when a man’s voice rings out offering to be his cornerman.
It’s William Regal! He says the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to second generation wrestlers but he appreciates that Lexis is trying to be his own man. King thanks him and Regal somewhat ominously says that there’ll be a time to thank him later.
We get footage of Fatal Influence picking a gauntlet match for their NXT Women’s North American Championship match.
Vaquer and Jade to start, test of strength, arm wringer, tag to Giulia, working frantic arm wringers, slinging Cora into the corner, quick tag back and she rolls over and tags Perez in. Collar and elbow, Roxanne gets Stephanie in the ropes and gets shoved down for her trouble! Side headlock, mat grappling, a couple of quick pinfall attempts, Vaquer with the figure four headscissors!
Smashing Perez’s head into the mat a few times, breaking the hold, bulldog into the corner, tag to Giulia, double-teams clobber her and Jade comes in make the save and also eats double-team moves! Giulia with a crossface, Vaquer gets an STF on Jade but both heels get the ropes! Heels with cheap shots to keep Giulia off-balance!
Giulia slings Cora off, schoolboy for two, gets cut back off, whip to the corner, boot up, rising knee but she slings Jade to the floor after! Huge elbow clobbers Perez, another one, both women land huge slaps and both women are down and out! Tag made, Vaquer in with a big crossbody!
Duck a lariat, Sole Food connects, passing Cora into the corner, headbutts, big boot to Perez, corner knees on Jade! Roxanne cuts her off but Stephanie lands the dragon screw… NOPE! Perez dives, Cora off the top… COFFIN DROP! Back inside, Roxanne with La Mistica into a crossface, Stephanie fighting back, into a cover, only two!
Hard right from Perez, avalanche Frankensteiner, tag to Jade! Cora off the top, senton atomico… GIULIA BREAKS IT UP! The match breaks down, Giulia with a nearfall off a knee, northern lights bomb denied, rising knee, tag made, electric chair but Giulia slips out, Saito suplex and a tag to Vaquer!
Up top with Roxanne, butterfly superplex, Stephanie perching…
Giulia & Stephanie Vaquer win by pinfall with a corkscrew moonsault from Vaquer on Roxanne Perez.
Post-match the lights go down and we get one more Zaria vignette.
Zaria is here, standing in a balcony and licking her lips!
We get footage from earlier of Cedric Alexander and Je’Von Evans chatting and Evans asking advice over standing up for himself. He says guys are gonna test him from every angle and the key to success is to keep his cool and maybe it’s okay to do a bad thing every once in a while to get ahead.
They talk about their intention to win the tag titles.
Dave LaGreca and Bubba Ray Dudley are in the crowd talking about the show so far.
Chase in control early, Holland to the floor, kick from the apron and a cannonball senton to the floor and Andre is rolling! Ridge cuts him off, smashes him into the apron and throws him over the barricade, but Chase comes back with a dive off the barricade into mounted punches! Fighting up the ramp, chops against the barricade, Holland gets the stretcher out of the ambulance!
He throws Andre into the ambulance but he blocks the door and kicks Ridge away! Spraying Holland with a fire extinguisher, smacking him with the canister and knocking him down! Ridge with a belly-to-belly suplex down the ramp and he runs Andre over with the stretcher! Chase sidesteps a second and jumps off the stretcher and into Holland!
Lawn dart into the stretcher, back inside, Ridge gets a kendo stick and wallops Andre with it! Right hands, Chase seated in a chair, screaming at him, Holland with a slap but Andre recovers with a drop toehold into the chair! Both men with kendo sticks now, Chase wins the duel and hammers Ridge with it before landing a White Russian legsweep!
Putting C-H-A-S-E-U boots to Holland, Up top, diving crossbody connects! Chair in hand, big chairshot across the shoulders sends Ridge to the floor! Cutting Chase off, peeling the mats off the floor, but Andre gets the back body drop! Ramming Holland with the stretcher a few times, he gets cut off on the table, fights out of the capture DDT and plants Ridge into the announce desk with a DDT of his own!
He puts Holland on the stretcher and wheels him down towards the ramp, but Ridge falls off and throws Andre into the steel steps! Chase wheeled to the ambulance, Holland shoves him at the door but Andre collapses short of the goal! Hammering right hands, Chase crawls away and Ridge grabs a pumpkin!
Andre hits him with the stretcher board a few times before clobbering him with the pumpkin! Chase on top of the ambulance… SENTON ATOMICO ON THE STAGE! He throws Ridge into the ambulance but he blocks the door! Right hands, Holland reaches through and claws at Andre’s eye before swatting him with the door! CATAPULT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR!
Redeemer DDT on the stage…
Ridge Holland wins by loading Andre Chase into the ambulance and closing the door.
We get footage of Nathan Frazer and Axiom bickering backstage.
Ava Raine is interviewed backstage to hype up the next couple weeks of NXT shows.
Jazmyn Nyx to start, knee lift, cut off with an arm wringer, to the floor, Jordan with an Asai moonsault! Back inside, off the ropes, low crossbody, cover for two! Nyx tearing at her hair, Kelani with a front kick, into the turnbuckles, sweep the leg, one-handed bulldog connects! Penalty Kick for two!
Jordan off the top…
Jazmyn Nyx is eliminated by pinfall.
Jacy Jayne is out second, big tijeras takes the champion off her feet! Low bridge, tornillo connects! Back inside, back and forth, Jayne blocks an O’Connor roll, flash knee connects, cover for two! Rear chinlock applied, rolling elbow ducked, bridging O’Connor roll… KELANI GETS HER!
Jacy Jayne is eliminated by pinfall with a bridging O’Connor roll.
Jayne clobbers her with an elbow before leaving!
Fallon Henley is out third, cover for two!
Back and forth, double lariats and both women are down and out! Trading hard elbows, Jordan backs Henley into the ropes, neckbreaker drop, cartwheel back elbow! Split-legged moonsault connects but Nyx is back down to distract the referee and the delay means Fallon kicks out!
Kelani back up top, Jacy Jayne on the apron, kicking her down, 450 splash but the knees are up! Charging in…
Fallon Henley wins, last eliminating Kelani Jordan by pinfall with a Shining Wizard to become your new NXT Women’s North American Champion.
Post-match, Henley gets on the mic and says statement made but gets cut off by Zaria’s entrance.
Zaria’s behind her! Zaria takes Fatal Influence out with headbutts and lands an F-5 on Henley specifically!
The D’Angelo Family is interviewed backstage.
Tony talks about retaining his title and Adrianna Rizzo talks about going after her attacker on Tuesday.
LaGreca and Bully Ray recap the show again and Ridge Holland rolls up to cut a promo and Bully says he let a similar interruption slide on the preshow but he better not let it happen again.
Tatum Paxley appears on the stage and Ava Raine is there and Tatum asks her for a match against Wendy Choo and Ava gives it her! Paxley wants it to be interesting and spins the wheel… AND GETS A CASKET MATCH!
Teeing off with chairs, Williams sends him packing! To the floor, Page gets a jack-o-lantern off the announce desk and goes back inside, where Trick takes it and puts it on his head! right hands, rolling solebutt, cover for two! Williams gets a broken ladder out and slides it in the ring, chair in hand, All Ego cuts him off but Trick flapjacks him into the apron and throws him over the barricade and into the crowd!
Williams back body drop into a trash can, cover… NOPE! Back to ringside, Ethan horsecollars him with a chair, throws him into the post, DDT on a chair… SO CLOSE! Back inside, side slam into a chair, cover for two! Trick counters Ego’s Edge into a DDT and gets some breathing room!
Williams on the comeback, Page slips away, blasts him with a kick, up for Ego’s Edge again and again Trick slips out! Trickshot connects but Page gets a foot on the ropes! Ethan gets a black bag out and dumps it out… IT’S WASHERS AND NUTS! Trick slips out of a slam… NECKBREAKER INTO THE NUTS ISN’T ENOUGH TO PUT ALL EGO AWAY!
To the floor, Ethan picks up the steel steps but Trick cuts him off and clears the announce desk! Page throws him into the point of the steps and Williams is winded! Climbing the steps… EGO’S EDGE THROUGH THE TABLE BUT TRICK KICKS OUT! Medics check on Trick, Ethan taunts him before sliding the steps into the ring.
Williams gets to his feet, he wants to fight! Back inside, All Ego slams him into the steps! Laying him across the steps, he picks up the other half of the steps… TRICK ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY AND HITS THE BOOK END INTO THE STEEL! Williams picks up the steps and Page kicks him low!
Trick recovers, hits him with the steps, lines him up…
Trick Williams wins by pinfall with Trickshot, retaining the NXT Championship.
Post-match, Ridge Holland attacks Williams from behind and clobbers him with repeated punches! All Ego pulls him away and tells him if he wants to do it, do it right, and Holland hits the Redeemer!
BUBBA RAY DUDLEY MAKES THE SAVE!
Source: CageSideSeats
WWE NXT PLE – Halloween Havoc – Sunday, October 27, 2024 – GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania
CARD
DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND MATCH FOR THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Trick Williams (c) vs. Ethan Page
TABLES, LADDERS, AND SCARES MATCH FOR THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP:
Tony D’Angelo (c) vs. Oba Femi
Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade vs. Giulia & Stephanie Vaquer
SPINNER’S CHOICE MATCH FOR THE NXT WOMEN’S NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP:
Kelani Jordan (c) vs. 1 Member of Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, or Jazmyn Nyx)
AMBULANCE MATCH:
Andre Chase vs. Ridge Holland
Zaria is very likely to appear.
WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on the USA Network from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
JBL says he’s feeling pain free after undergoing stem cell treatment.
Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the WWE Hall of Famer posted a photo from a recent a workout. He captioned his photo with,
“First time in a couple of decades, pain free and able to work out. Got stem cells from Integrated Pain Management in New Jersey-and my first workout, hard to believe I’m able to do things I couldn’t do for years. Comeback? Yeah, biggest since the resurrection.”
In recent months, JBL has appeared for TNA Wrestling, GCW, and MLW.
Source: eWn
Mick Foley has a message for convicted felon Donald Trump – you’re a douchebag!
Taking to his YouTube channel earlier today, the WWE Hall of Famer explained his hatred for the former president.
In his video, which you can see below, Foley said:
“I think it’s really important to talk about the election. I think it’s important for everyone to have a moment where enough’s enough. I mean, for me, enough was enough eight years ago. The Undertaker is correct in saying Donald Trump made politics fun again. For about three weeks in 2016. But it’s eight years later, and there’s Absolutely nothing fun about this man. To me, there’s nothing fun about a man who could be the next President of the United States talking about the enemy within, making it clear that this was not a mistake. This is his go-to line, the enemy within, the enemy within, the enemy within. Which he co-opted from Senator Joseph McCarthy, one of the worst people ever graced our planet.
What frustrates me the most is that so many good, hardworking American people cannot see through such an obvious conman who is only out for himself. The idea that the working man thinks this guy is behind them has obviously not looked into his past. I know people work hard. They don’t always have time to go home and do their research. But instead of tuning into your favorite news station of choice, look up the data. See how many times Donald Trump has failed to pay his contractors and workers over the last 30 years. It’s in the hundreds. He claims it’s because they didn’t do good work. This comes from a guy who claims he only hires the best people. I claim he’s screwing over the working man.
Kevin Nash, today, told me a story about going into the venue that used to be the Taj Mahal, mentioning Trump’s name and seeing the bartender roll his eyes. And the bartender told a story about his father was an electrical contractor, worked hard his whole life to build up that business. And then when Trump did not pay him for the work he did in the Taj Mahal, and the man was unable to fight it because he didn’t have the resources to fight it.
Trump knows that the people honest, hardworking contractors, don’t have the resources to fight him in court, and he bankrupts them. Their dreams disappear. That’s not standing up for the working man. Words are cheap, and he lies almost every time he opens his mouth. But you know what he’s out lying about? When he talks about coming after the enemy within. The enemy within? Who is that? It could be anyone. It could be me.
An article came out today in NPR, October 22nd, 2024, with a study that showed Donald Trump had issued over 100 threats to people he perceived as his political rivals. He has threatened to impeach and prosecute Kamala Harris. He accused Barack Obama of treason. He said his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Millie, General Mark Millie, should be executed. He did nothing to stop what could have been the death of Mike Pence, his own vice President.
Now he’s gone so far as to say that anyone who criticizes the Supreme Court and other judges should be in jail. So, Donald Trump, I’d like to talk directly to you. Are you going to put me in jail for criticizing your Supreme Court? Because I think Clarence Thomas is a disgrace to the Supreme Court. I think Samuel Alito is a horrible person who doesn’t belong in the highest court in the land. I don’t think Brett Kavanaugh’s interview in front of the Senate would have landed him a job as a dishwasher, let alone serving in the Supreme Court for life. I mean, I’m so scared that I was thinking about calling you a douchebag in this interview, and then I thought, That’s a pretty strong word. Trump might come after me. And I made the decision not to call you a douchebag, even though you are one. Vote for Kamala Harris.”
Get out and VOTE on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Source: eWn
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